Ludwig Pierre Schulze

Managing Partner at Alumni Ventures

Speaker

Alumni Ventures is a venture capital fund. AV has raised >$1.3B and invested in 1,400+ companies alongside exceptional lead investors. CB Insights recently included AV on its Top 20 Venture Funds of N. America.

Ludwig has been on all sides of venture -- as an entrepreneur, corporate buyer of ventures, and venture capitalist. Before joining Alumni Ventures in 2018, he experienced the daily realities of entrepreneurship as Founder of a mobile payments startup. Earlier, at a Fortune 100 telecommunications manufacturer (Nokia), he held general manager and business development roles that included acquiring venture-backed businesses. His first experience in venture capital was focused on enterprise and mobile software both before and after the dot.com crash. Ludwig began his career as a strategy consultant with the Boston Consulting Group. He has a BA from Brown University and an MBA from Columbia. He lives in NYC with his wife and 2 teenagers.